Object Listing

Two ovoid vessels that taper towards their openings. Each opening has a stopper. They are linked by a carved chain with one link that joins open arched links projecting from the base of each vessel.

Spherical gourd. Decorated with geometric designs created with inlaid wire work.

Amphora-shaped vessel with a neck that flares slightly at its mouth. Its top section is wood and the lower section gourd. This has a long crack in it. It has a chain attached around the neck. It stands on a flat circular base.

Two sherical containers joined together and with circular flat lids jopine with a flat bar. Each has a raised circular foot and tehre is a string tied around teh joining bar.

Goblet-shaped vessel with a conically shaped plug. Goblet stands on a raised circular base. The plug has a circular indentation at its base with a square shape with an inverted pyramid. All three sections have carved grooved designs. There is some strings attached to the plug and the neck of the goblet.

Vessel consisting on a columnar base tapering slightly inwards towards a spherical section the narrows to become a long neck that widens towards the end. The base and neck are covered in wrapped wirework and the spherical body is covered in panels of parallel grooved lines. It has four metal nails where the body joins the neck.

Vessel consisting on a columnar base tapering slightly inwards towards a spherical section the narrows to become a long neck that widens towards the end. The base and neck are covered in wrapped wirework and the spherical body is covered in panels of parallel grooved lines. It has a flat stopper attached to the body with a leather thong.

Cylindrical bottle with neck competely coverd in wirework.

Ovoid vessel with conical stopper all covered with wirework.

Two cylinders joined by a string running from the centre of the plugs at each end. Bodies of the cylinders are covered in finely engraved geometric designs blackened to show up against the light coloured bodies.

Cylindrical container with a flat stopper at one end with a string loop. The surface of the box is covered with finely engraved geometric designs

Flat rectangular band of beadwork with 4 cycad seeds attached to its end. Each has a stopper (bamboo?)

Spherical gourd with small stopper. Decorated with a circular ring around its mouth and half-moon designs all created with inlaid wire work.

Bottle shaped gourd with lower section larger than upper section. It is sheather completely in beadwork with linear designs. The stopper is small and round and covered in beads and is attached to the container with a strand of beadwork.

Long cylindrical snuffbox completely covered with bands of beadwork. It has small metal studs at each corner where a beaded strap is attached.

Long cylindrical snuffbox completely covered with bands of beadwork. It has a beaded strap is attached to the centres of each circular ends.

Short cylindrical snuffbox completely covered with bands of beadwork. It has a beaded strap is attached to each circular ends.

Ovoid vessel with a flat rectangular tail that curves around almost completing a circle.

Hollow shape of a quadruped (could be guinea pig) Has four short triangular legs, a plump cylindrical body, small ears and little round indents for eyes. It has a hole at the end of its 'snout' and one under its little tail.

Spherical gourd. Decorated with curved designs all created with inlaid wire work.

Three leaf-shaped spoon bowls project off a curved neck in the shape of a truncated U - two opposite each other at the end and a second off the longer arm of the U. Four tines project at right angles off the shorter end of the U. The U portion is embellished back and front with linear and triangular designs carved into the surface and blackened. The top of the tines where the U begins its loop has 6 raised bumps in two rows.

Snuff spoon with a rounded leaf shaped bowl and a single tine. The spoon curves slightly upwards along its entire length. The area below the bowl is decorated back and front with linear geometric designs carved into the surface and blackened.

Snuff spoon with a retangular shaped bowl that has a narrow section in the middle and a single tine. The area below the bowl is decorated back and front with linear geometric designs carved into the surface and blackened.

Snuff spoon with an elongated bowl that is tapered from its widest part close to the tip to the front as well as backwards to the shaft. Shaft is a series of symetrical diamond and cross shapes along its length. This is embellished at the back with circles with dots and in the front with additional linear geometric designs carved into the surface and blackened.

Snuff spoon with an elongated bowl that is tapered from its widest part close to the tip to the front as well as backwards towards the shaft. Shaft is a series of open circles along its length. This is embellished at the back with linear geometric designs carved into the surface and blackened.

Snuff spoon with an elongated bowl that is tapered from its widest part close to the tip to the front as well as backwards towards the shaft. Shaft is carved with wave shapes along its sides. It is embellished in the front with black dots.

Snuff spoon with two elongated bowls that are tapered from their widest part close to the tip to the front as well as backwards towards the shaft. They are linked at their bases with a raised geometric panel. This is embellished at the back and front with linear designs carved into the surface and blackened.

Snuff spoon with two elongated bowls that are tapered from their widest part close to the tip to the front as well as backwards towards the shaft. They are linked at their bases with a panel with two parallel and symetrical semi-circles with holes in them and a shallow diamond shape between them. This panel is embellished at the back and front with a linear design carved into the surface and blackened.

Snuff spoon with an elongated leaf shaped bowl and a single tine. The bowl tilts forward slightly. The area below the bowl is decorated back and front with linear geometric designs carved into the surface and blackened.

Snuff spoon with an elongated leaf shaped bowl and a single tine. The bowl tilts forward slightly. The area below the bowl is decorated back and front with linear geometric designs carved into the surface and blackened.